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Offline Corsend

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Unusual Middle Name
« on: Thursday 05 October 06 12:28 BST (UK) »
Spotted in the births index for 3Q 1876 in Greenwich:

James Experiment Egan

Suggestions on a postcard for what his parents were experimenting with!

Corsend
PAYNE, SKINNER, WAGNER London & Home Counties
Anything related to Hartpury, Glos.

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Re: Unusual Middle Name
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 05 October 06 12:50 BST (UK) »
Wow, Corsend  :o :o ;D ;D

That certainly beats all, I would think.  At least he would have stood out among all the Toms, Dicks and Harrys!

Prue

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Re: Unusual Middle Name
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 05 October 06 12:54 BST (UK) »
On a par with Morse's Endeavour!!

Ellen
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Re: Unusual Middle Name
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 05 October 06 13:45 BST (UK) »
The first thing that came into my mind is not fit for writing on this board (sadly)
E Yorks - Carver, Steels, Cross, Maltby, Whiting, Moor, Laybourn
W Yorks - Wilkinson, Kershaw, Rawnsley, Shaw
Norfolk - Carver, Dowson
Cheshire - Berry, Cooper
Lincs - Berry
London/Ireland/Scotland/Lincs - Sullivan
Northumberland/Durham - Nicholson, Cuthbert, Turner, Robertson
Berks - May
Beds - Brownell

Offline Kezlyn

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Re: Unusual Middle Name
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 05 October 06 14:04 BST (UK) »
It could be the name of a ship. I have a convict ancestor who was transported to Australia on a ship of that name.

Much more fun to think of a slightly more exotic reason for it though!! I'm going to take a guess and say they were experimenting with some form of alcohol :)

Kez :)

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Re: Unusual Middle Name
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 05 October 06 17:32 BST (UK) »
Perhaps it could be the mother's or a grandmother's maiden name?

Andrew
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